The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-10
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


Against Ex-Gov. Bullock.
GEORGIA.
Rev. NJ c. Irwin, Of Alapaha, has ac
cepted the pastoral care of the Sumner Bap-
list church.
Five new brick buildings are either
started, or starting at Brunswick this week
two of these are residences, and three bust
ness houses.
DR.. a. 7. Summerlin, dentist of Dublin,
while filling teeth for a customer had a
generator explode in his hands, and slightly
burned his face and eyes.
There is a preacher in Epson county who
has married III couples, and has received in
marriage fees S. A hundred and ten paid
him nothing and one paid him s..
Charles Lusk, the unfortunate young
muIder whose leg was crushed by a falling
flask at the Rome foundry last week. has
lost his limb, amputation proving unavoid-
able
At Bells mill, in Webster county, Satur-
day, the wife of George McNeal who was
formerly Miss Alice Thornton committed
suicide by drowning herself. No cause is
ass gned.
Petitions are being circulated at Dublin
for signatures asking the Ordinary TO order
an election on the question Of bonding the
county TO build public bridge across the
Oconee river at that place.
At Dublin Superior Court convened Mon
day, his honor, Judge Charles c. Kibbe,
presiding. There is great deal of business
before the court, this being the first session
held since the January term, and it is prob
able that it will hold for two weeks.
J. Holiday, formerly of Paterson, N. j.,
but more recently of Virginia is in Macon for
the purpose of establishing a tOol-making
shop, making lathes, etc. He guarantees
that, If certain inducements are made, he
will put 80 men TO work Immediately.
A little daughter of Mrs. Drennon, resid-
ing in the Fourth ward at Rome, while
leading her younger sister along the street
Monday, pulled the babys arm little too
abruptly and dislocated it. The little one
screaming with pain first called attention to
the injury.
At Augusta, Tuesday, Charles Henry
Locksley, a small negro boy, who stabbed
and killed Mr.. Mills Thomas near the Cen
trail depot last July, was tried in the Supe-
rior Court and sentenced for life term in
the penitentiary. He is only II years of
age and as black as the ace of spades He
received his sentence with indifference.
Mrs. J. B. Miles, of Lincolnton, was acct
dentally shot by Mr. Miles Tuesday It is
the same oft-repeated story. Mr. Miles
was at work on an old pistol, one chamber
of which was loaded. The wound is in the
left arm just below the elbow 1t was a
"glancing" shot. inficting only a flesh
wound. DIR. Groves extracted the bullet
and does not apprehend anything serious.
At Marietta, the sensation is the reported
failure of A. A. Fletcher & Co., the largest
grocery, provision and cotton firm in the
Getty 1t is fact that a large mortgage was
filed Tuesday evening in favor of q. c.
Burnap, banker, which, if not met by
morning, was to be closed immediately, and
parties in position to know, said that 1t
ka L.
mense cotton buying business, Mr.. Fletcher
is also one of the proprietors of the Kenne-
saw House.
Additional particulars have been received
Of the explosion at Knoxville. The mill
was located one and half miles north of
Knoxville, and the boiler had been used for
twenty years Young Forrest Matthews,
an excellent business man, was owner of
the mill, and was the only white man
killed. The names of the negroes are Henry
Phelps and Hamp Richardson, employees at
the mill The engineer, whose name could
not be learned, was also colored, and was
scalded until he cannot live.
At Griffin Tuesday Sheriff Connell closed
up the dry goods and grocery house of J. G.
King q Son under mortgage held by the
City National Bank on the stock of J. C..
King. The cause of the failure is said to
be the inability of Mr.. King to collect the
large sums due him for goods by his GUS
toners. He did large credit business, and
the failure of his customers to meet their
notes and accounts promptly made it inn
possible for Mr.. King to meet his obliga-
tons. The amount of the liabilities and
assets of the house is unknown.
In 1888 Gardner Foster obtained a iudp-
ment in New York against ex-Gov. Bullock
for 5,727 30. In 1885 Foster sued on this
Judgment in the Circuit Court of the United
States for the Northern District of Georgia
and recovered a judgment for the full
amount, with $500 interest. In August
last, during the absence of Gov. Bullock
from Atlanta, garnishments were served on
the Merchants Bank, Lowry's Bank and
the Atlanta Cotton Mills. Service on the
last was made OH young man who was in
charge of the cotton mills during Gov Bull
locks absence. The defendant moved to
dismiss the return of service of this sum-
mons as insufficient At Atlanta Tuesday
Judge Newman denied the motion.
Alpharetta Democrat: There is a colored
presiding elder named Jackson, of Atlanta,
preaching to the colored people of this place
He preached at the white Methodist church
Sunday night, and we went out to hear
him. His sermon was very good, and ths
singing by the colored people was splendid
ana was conducted in a different way from
the usual manner of singing 1t was com
posed of two parts, the preacher carrying
one part and the congregation the other.
But the climax was reached when time for
prayer came. The congregation all knelt
except the preacher, who stood up, and all
prayed aloud, men and women. 1t was
Babel of voices, and was strikingly peculiar,
and quite different from any form of wor-
ship we have ever seen.
Leary Courier: Mr.. B. F. Winderweedle.
OF Milford, some time ago caught two stur-
geons in his trap in the Notchaway, which
weighed seventy-six and seventy-eight
pounds respectively, of which we learned
and noticed. Mr. Winderweedle recently
received letter from a man at Hardaway,
which, besides many 'cuss" words, con
tanned plain and emphatic assertion in
the belief that Mr.. Winderwoedle had got
off one of the biggest fish lies of the season.
MIR. Winderweedle informed us that he can
prove by competent witnesses that the fish
weighed more than was stated, and further
more that he will place the letter in the
hands of the post Office authorities, who
will no doubt, if they catch the author,
make him wish he had never doubted the
veracity of Winderweedle. The letter was
full of the vilest and most obscene language.
Griffin NetCs; 1t has been reported in this
city for several days past that Mr. r. p.
Tallman, a prominent merchant of Wood
bury, had failed for $4,000 A gentleman
has called at Columbus EhQltirer7Sun Office
with letter from Mr.. Talman, in which
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